OVER 25,000,000 DOWNLOADS AND COUNTING! If you want to know how to build muscle, lose fat, and be healthier, happier, and wiser...faster than you ever thought possible...then this podcast is for you. Hosted by the bestselling author and entrepreneur, Mike Matthews, each episode gives you simple, science-based know-how and inspiration that will help you build your best body and life ever. Find out more at www.legionathletics.com
1156 episodes transcribedIf you’ve read anything about bodybuilding, you’ve probably heard about something called “the pump.” In a nutshell, this refers to the temporary incre...
“How many sets should I do?” “When should I add more volume and how?” These are questions I get all the time, and especially lately. That’s because so...
“Can you recommend a book for…?” “What are you reading right now?” “What are your favorite books?” I get asked those types of questions a lot and, as...
In this episode, I interview Chris, who used my work to help turn his life around and even escape depression. When he first started working out, he di...
Well, here we are, quarantined because of this VIRAL BOOGALOO blitzing around the world like it’s 1941, ravaging the defenseless lungs of tens of thou...
The argument over whether or not men and women should train differently is an old one. Years ago, “experts” said women should train with light weights...
It’s hard to believe that just a few weeks ago, life was business as usual. Now, we’re just a few weeks into the COVID-19 lockdown, and it’s looking l...
This episode is part of a monthly series that I have dubbed “Motivation Monday.” (Yes, I know, very creative of me. What can I say, I’m a genius…) Ser...
I’ve written and recorded a lot of evidence-based content over the years on just about everything you can imagine related to building muscle, losing f...
“When’s your next book coming out?” “What kind of supplements are you going to release next?” “What would you name your boat if you had one?” I’m aske...
If you’re like most people, you’ve been paying attention to what’s happening with coronavirus. Over 300,000 people have taken ill as of this writing a...
Scott Carney is an interesting guy doing fascinating things. I first had him on the podcast to discuss his New York Times Bestseller What Doesn’t Kill...
FRANDO! It’s-a-me, your Pandemic Pal, Corona Chum, and Quarantine . . . uhhhh . . . Quixote? And here we are, socially stranded, steadily sanitized, a...
For centuries, women were more or less excluded from organized athletics, relegated to more “feminine” tasks like being homemakers or taking care of c...
The issue of transgender women competing in women’s sports has become a hot button affair in recent years, mostly because many are blowing biological...
In this episode, we’ll digress from our regular programming on how to lose fat, gain muscle, and stay healthy, and enter the world of professional spo...
As of right now, I’ve produced over 500 episodes of Muscle for Life, totaling over 700 hours of content. I’ve talked about a huge variety of things re...
Weight loss advice has been muddled for decades now. For example, in the 90’s, we were told that all we had to do to get the body of our dreams is eat...
Coronavirus. The only thing anybody is talking about right now as it continues to upend life as we knew it and highlight all the things we’ve been tak...
I’ve churned through over 150,000 emails, social media comments and messages, and blog comments in the last 6 years. And that means I’ve fielded a ton...
